The Tower Of The Sun: Tarzan (June 18, 1935)

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“The Tower Of The Sun” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 18, 1935. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Tarzan, Darno and Tobin face a ceremony in the Temple of Ma'achu, where the Artef Su-10 and his Council of 13 prepare to unveil the Father of Diamonds. Helen Gregory and Margaret are brought in to be married to Su-10 and Hakiru. Tarzan stops the ceremony and is ordered to fight a huge prehistoric ape, which he kills with a knife. Tira then seizes the diamond and claims power over Hesseherr, and the three men and the two women are taken to a stone tower on the edge of the city, where they are left to await her word.

The Temple of Ma'achu and the tower of the sun on the outskirts of A'Kiru, in the land of Hesseherr, a lost volcanic kingdom.

Characters: Tarzan, Darno, Tobin, Helen Gregory, Margaret, Su-10, Hakiru, Tira

Listen for: Tira's demand for the Father of Diamonds and her claim to rule Hesseherr, and the final moment when giant flying creatures swoop down on Helen and Margaret in the court below the tower.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.